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Re: Salt Bath Annealing?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 5:25 pm
by ukrifleman
dromia wrote:£1300 sounds complicated to me.
Me too!
I made my annealer using a microwave turntable motor sourced from China, which rotates at 5 RPM and cost the princely sum of £1-78 including shipping! plus a hobby gas torch from B&Q.
The rest was odds and sods found lying around my garage and shed.
The drum is the bottom of an old 6" paint tin with 2 slots cut in it, to give each case a 6 second exposure to the gas flame.
A feed ramp holds the case in position to allow it to drop through a slot into the drum and begin the annealing process.
The cases slowly rotate as they are annealed, which gives them a consistent all round heat before they drop into a collecting bin to air cool.
Simples!
ukrifleman
Re: Salt Bath Annealing?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 6:00 pm
by Dahonis
I don't suppose you wish to make another one clapclap
Re: Salt Bath Annealing?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 6:46 pm
by ukrifleman
Dahonis wrote:I don't suppose you wish to make another one clapclap
Sorry, run out of odds and sods!
ukrifleman
Re: Salt Bath Annealing?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:12 pm
by Dahonis
ukrifleman wrote:Dahonis wrote:I don't suppose you wish to make another one clapclap
Sorry, run out of odds and sods!
ukrifleman
I think I will give this a try, I normally do around 600 cases in one go. I need something more robust than my current method.
Re: Salt Bath Annealing?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 8:34 pm
by phaedra1106
Why don't you pop round and have a go with my set up?, it's one of these,
https://www.facebook.com/raptorvarminting/?tn-str=k*F
Re: Salt Bath Annealing?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 8:44 pm
by rox
or build a GinaEric induction annealer. My build starts next week.
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Re: Salt Bath Annealing?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 9:39 pm
by ovenpaa
Rox, have you determined a budget build cost for your GinaEric yet?
Re: Salt Bath Annealing?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:29 pm
by The Gun Pimp
dromia wrote:£1300 sounds complicated to me.
And that I suppose is the attraction of the salt bath method.
Re: Salt Bath Annealing?
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 5:33 am
by rox
Ovenpaa wrote:Rox, have you determined a budget build cost for your GinaEric yet?
Only a guess, but under £300. That excludes the case collator/feeder, but is an upgraded 1800W versus 1000W with a monster rectifier, all derated to keep component heat under control, with microprocessor monitoring and control.
Re: Salt Bath Annealing?
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 6:46 am
by Dahonis
Will contact you shortly, If you don't mind
